Kate O'Mara Dies - 30th March 2014

Very sad to hear the news that Kate O'Mara who starred in Dynasty as Caress Morrell sister of Alexis (Joan Collins) has died today following a short illness, age 74.




I was fortunate to meet her when she appeared at our local theatre in plays, 'The Ghost Train' and Agatha Christie's 'The Hollow'. She was a great actress, RIP.








Tributes from the showbiz world included one from Joan on Twitter

Cosmopolitan Fashion Shoot - circa. 1984

This lovely shot of Joan was taken in Aaron Spelling's Conference room during a break in filming on Dynasty.

Dynasty Advert - Sable Meets Alexis

This advert from US TV Guide dated 10th November 1988 is a recent addition to the collection I already have on the website. Click Here to View

On the Newstand - 7th January 1989

In the archives today we go back 25 years to 1989 and this popular UK magazine (no longer in print) called Weekend.  Joan was featured on their cover at least 8 times between 1978 and 1989.
This cover which featured her Dynasty co-stars, John Forsythe and Linda Evans was a feature on the shake up of all US soap operas.

The Blog Is Back!!

Yes .... its back and firstly a Happy New Year to everyone and hope you had a good Christmas.

Its been a 6 month absence from the blog and web site, a big thank you to everyone who has been contacting me - I've tried to answer all the e-mails, apologies if I have missed anyone.  During the time I have moved house again and a lot of the collection has been in storage - but today being the first day of 2014 I thought would be good to get back on track. 

There's lots to add to the site and a major update/revamp is on the cards for this year.  So keep checking back regularly - if there is anything in particular you like to see or ask about my collection, please get in touch. 

Quite a few of your e-mails have highlighted that the magazine covers featuring Joan on a daily basis were popular and so that will return - and other requests have included a daily photo of Joan from my collection.  I have over 100 new photographs/stills to add to the site so will try and introduce that and another request was to highlight different items from my collection with links on the website - which sounds a great idea, plus there was a great deal of interest from my plans to feature Dynasty fashion pages.

Its great that Joan continues to be busy and I know her fans are thrilled about the release of her latest memoirs, 'Passion for Life', yes my partner bought me my copy for Christmas and I also have it downloaded on my Kindle.  Plus Joan going back into London's West End this year was more good news.  I saw the show 2 years ago and featured it on the blog - looking forward to seeing it again in February.

Thanks for following and your interest in my site/blog

Richard

 

Daily Picture: Dynasty Down Memory Lane

I recently came across this great picture of Joan with Michael Nader (Dex Dexter) and Catherine Oxenberg (Amanda Carrington), and will be posting it in the Dynasty section of the website.

On The Newstand - 10th April

Today I am featuring 2 magazines, both from the year 1987 which were on the newsstands in France & Germany.

The first, Paris Match featured Joan with then 5th husband Peter Holm on the cover.

 

And on German magazine, Neue Post, Joan was featured as Alexis in a scene from a forthcoming episode of Dynasty at the wedding of her son, Adam Carrington (Gordon Thomson) to Dana Waring (Leann Hunley)

 

Dynasty Fashions - Joan Goes For Gold

This publicity photo of Joan was a gown that Joan wore in Dynasty Season 2, 'The Party' when Fallon organises a party at the Mansion to welcome Sammy Jo into the Carrington family.

Alexis attends with Cecil Colby, another photo can be found on the website in the Dynasty galleries.

Dynasty Fashion Post - Season 2 & 7

Back after a busy working Easter - hope everyone had a good time.

Here is the first picture from my post relating to Dynasty Fashions and some of the many wonderful creations Joan wore courtesy of Mr Nolan Miller.

Couldn't think of a better way to start the post than a picture of the famous White and black suit Joan wore in the first episode of Season 2 when she joined the series.

Fans will remember that at the end of the first season, an unknown actress walked into the courtroom as Alexis prior to Joan being cast, which meant Joan had to wear the same outfit with possibly a few adjustments for her slender figure.

The outift complemented by a large hat; the world (including me) went "Wow" when Joan lifted the 'beekeeper veil' and removed the dark glasses to speak her first lines which went down in soap history.

The 2nd picture jumps ahead to the last episode of Season 7 (now available on DVD), the episode called "Shadowplay" and Joan wearing a pink gown for the wedding of Adam and Dana.

I'll feature some more fashions in tomorrows post

Daily Picture - Who Shot Alexis?

This picture comes from Dynasty Season 8, and shows Joan as Alexis recovering in hospital after taking the bullet meant for Blake at the debate for governor - fired from the rafters by a mystery gunman

.... And this time it wasn't the Butler who did it!!

Daily Post - Joan Through The Years

Recently some of the e-mails I have received have been about pictures of Joan before the Dynasty years, and whether I have anything from the 1970's & 1980's. The answer is Yes!

One person who contacted me must have been at Joan's One Woman Show and said how nice it was that Joan featured pictures of herself from the 'early years', so I have decided to start this post today, and feature a photo of Joan from 1971.

The description states "Here is Joan in a $4300 white mink midicoat at St Moritz, during a winter sojourn (short break) with husband Ron Kass.
The description of the coat says it had self covered buttons and a wide collar, teamed with a lace-up belt with metal trims and a jaunty Jackie Coogan cap.

Fashion was an important factor with the millions of Dynasty fans, tuning in every week to see what Alexis & Krystle would be wearing next, courtesy of Designer to the Stars, Mr Nolan Miller.
Later this week, I'll be starting a post called "Dynasty - A Trip Down Memory Lane" featuring pictures of Joan in some of the many gowns and costumes she wore on the series.

Daily Picture - Joan, Diahann Carroll & Dynasty

Today, I am featuring photos of Joan with Dynasty co-star Diahann Carroll, these photos appeared on American magazines to introduce the character of Dominique Deveraux to the series

Daily Picture - Joan with Nolan Miller

Joan discussing costume designs with Nolan Miller.

Daily Picture - Golden Globes 1983

Today's picture was taken at the 1983 Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles and shows Joan arriving with Gordon Thomson. Joan was nominated and won the award for Best Actress in a dramatic series.

Dynasty Cartoon

Today I am featuring another of the cartoon's that appeared in English newspapers.

This one of Alexis and Krystle in the lilypond dates from 1986 following the tv show, "Christmas With The Carringtons" when Terry Wogan met the cast of Dynasty except Joan, who did not appear in the show.

There are more of these cartoons in the galleries section of the website

On The Newstand - 28 February (Part 1)

Looking back in the archives for today I have seven magazines. So I am going to feature 3 in today's post and as tomorrow is a leap year day will feature the other 4 and there were are not many magazines published on 29th February!!

Starting with 1983, this Spanish magazine TP Teleprograma featured Joan and the cast of Dynasty on their cover.

In 1989 this American issue of Globe is what we call a shared cover as Joan is not the only celebrity on the cover.

The magazine was featuring an article about Alexis slaying Blake with a butcher's knife in a forthcoming episode of Dynasty.

In 2002 OK Magazine was chosen by Joan and Percy for the Exclusive coverage of their wedding. Under the headline "All The Pictures The World Has Waited to See" they would appear in publications worldwide.

Remember to check tomorrow's post for Part 2 of these magazines which range from 1959 - 2004

Daily Picture - 1984 Emmy Awards

Linda Evans, Joan Collins and Diahann Carroll stars of Dynasty at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium for the 36th Annual Emmy Awards Dinner.

On The Newstands - 25th February

There were 2 magazines in the archives that would have been on sale on 25th February. The first is a UK magazine no longer in print, called Celebrity.

Although Joan was not featured full cover, the article inside this weekly publication was about a tremor that hit the set of Dynasty while Joan was filming Season 8 with James Healey (Sean Rowan).

The second magazine from 1989 was from France and called Tele Z and featured Joan on the cover as Helene Junot in the mini series, Sins.

On The Newstand - 24 February

I am featuring 3 magazines which you would have seen on the newstands today, 24th February, between 1983 & 1992

The first is a Dutch Magazine, called Hitkrant and Joan appears on the cover only, inside is a two page article about Dynasty with pictures of her co-stars, Geoffrey "Mark" Scott, Kathleen "Kirby" Beller & Gordon "Adam" Thomson.

The next magazine is also Dutch, a magazine called Story (there was a Belgian magazine with this title and Joan also featured on their covers - these will be featured at later dates in the blog or can be found on the website)

This 1984 issue features Joan on the cover with Dynasty co-star Michael "Dex" Nader and a 3 page article about Dynasty.

Moving on to 1992 and this American Magazine, Theater Week promoted Joan's tour of America in Noel Coward's famous play, Private Lives. Following a very successful run in London's West End, she is pictured on the cover of this magazine with co-star, Simon Jones (Keith Baxter was said not to be available for the US tour). Inside is a 2 1/2 page article, "Joan Collins's Private Lives - a backstage chat with America's favorite Wicked Woman"

Daily Picture - Dynasty Fashion

Joan wearing one of the many creations Nolan Miller designed for her on Dynasty.